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[GRIMALDI, STACEY], A Suit of Armour for Youth.
London: for the Proprietor, 1824. (ARMOR) First edition. 8vo. Engraved hand-colored frontispiece and 11 hand- colored engraved plates, each with an overlay flap showing a symbolic piece of armor. Full polished calf, gilt spine with contrasting leather labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Slight rubbing to joints, else fine. Halkett & Laing (1929) V, p. 387. ΒΆ A collections of homilies for youth on the traditional virtues (Patience, Wisdom, Modesty, Valour, etc.), each symbolically represented by an item of armor and underlying vignette - each is hand-colored - with an accompanying description of the history and nature of the piece. An attractive and unusual item
Offered for US$ 2500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 28879